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Ed Martin vs Tom Costello — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ed Martin

Tom Costello

Ed Martin (26-10-4) and Tom Costello (1-0 across 1 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Martin

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

10

Losses

4

Draws41 tracked bouts

Costello

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Costello leads 1–0

Ed Martin and Tom Costello have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.

Ed Martin and Tom Costello have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.
Met1907Jan 23Series
Ed MartinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tom CostelloFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Martin 1 · Costello 4 of 5 measurable rows
MartinCostello
Record†
26-10-41-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
70%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
65.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
65%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
9
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
1.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
41
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Stance
Ed Martin: Orthodox
Tom Costello: Not recorded

Ed Martin left, Tom Costello right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ed Martin26 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Ed Martin: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 4 on the cards (15%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%4 on the cards 15%5 by another method or unrecorded 19%

Tom Costello1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Tom Costello: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ed Martin 41, Tom Costello 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ed Martin last boxed on Nov 18, 1921 — 38,320 days ago. Martin had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Harry Wills.WWWWL

McVey Jan 1916Hector Sep 1921Herman Sep 1921Smith Oct 1921Wills Nov 19211.8 tracked bouts per year

Tom Costello last boxed on Jan 23, 1907 — 43,733 days ago. Costello had won once, the most recent against Ed Martin.W

Martin Jan 1907

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ed Martin and Tom Costello ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Martin and Tom Costello met once on January 23, 1907, and Tom Costello won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 23, 1907 · Costello · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martin or Costello?
Ed Martin is 26-10-4 and Tom Costello is 1-0 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Tom Costello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Martin26–10–470%

Costello1–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Martin or Costello?
Ed Martin has 17 knockout wins and Tom Costello has 1. Ed Martin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Martin1765.4%

Costello1

The Numbers ↓
Do Martin and Costello have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Martin and Tom Costello have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martin and Costello?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Ed Martin and 1 bout tracked for Tom Costello. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martin41bouts

Costello1bout

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